Barnaby Weir Daniel Weetman Ned Ngatae Jarney Murphy Francis Harawira Nigel Patterson Barrett Hocking Matthew Benton
Past members
Mike Fabulous Jabin Ward Bret McKenzie Rich Christie Shannon Williams Andrew Christiansen Tim Jaray Toby Laing
Website
www.theblackseeds.com
Formed in 1998, The Black Seeds perform with eight members,[3] with instruments including vocals, guitar, saxophone, trumpet, bass, drums, bongos, keyboard and wood block. Black Seeds first album, Keep on Pushing, was released 2001 following a number of live performances.[4] Already very successful in New Zealand and popular in Australia, Europe and North & South America, their third album Into the Dojo (2007) introduced Black Seeds internationally.[5] They have released five albums, a live album, and two remix albums. They have two double-platinum selling albums in New Zealand,[2] and successful European album releases through the German-based Sonar Kollektiv label. In 2011 Black Seeds was described by Rolling Stone as "The Best Reggae band in the world right now".[6]
^Campbell-Livingston, Cecelia (2013) "The Black Seeds, rooted in reggae", Jamaica Observer, 27 November 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013
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November 14, 2023
black, seeds, album, main, ingredient, black, seeds, album, reggae, inspired, musical, group, from, wellington, zealand, their, rocksteady, song, became, international, when, played, ranked, series, breaking, their, music, mixture, beat, funk, afro, music, roc. For the album by The Main Ingredient see Black Seeds album The Black Seeds are a reggae inspired musical group from Wellington New Zealand 1 Their rocksteady song One By One became an international hit when it was played in top ranked TV series Breaking Bad Their music is a mixture of big beat funk dub afro music pop rock soul and roots reggae ragga 2 The Black SeedsPerforming in Leicester August 2012Background informationOriginWellington New ZealandGenresReggae roots reggae funk dub rock pop soul world musicYears active1998 presentLabelsSonar Kollektiv Easy Star Records Loop CapitolMembersBarnaby WeirDaniel WeetmanNed NgataeJarney MurphyFrancis HarawiraNigel PattersonBarrett HockingMatthew BentonPast membersMike FabulousJabin WardBret McKenzieRich ChristieShannon WilliamsAndrew ChristiansenTim JarayToby LaingWebsitewww wbr theblackseeds wbr comFormed in 1998 The Black Seeds perform with eight members 3 with instruments including vocals guitar saxophone trumpet bass drums bongos keyboard and wood block Black Seeds first album Keep on Pushing was released 2001 following a number of live performances 4 Already very successful in New Zealand and popular in Australia Europe and North amp South America their third album Into the Dojo 2007 introduced Black Seeds internationally 5 They have released five albums a live album and two remix albums They have two double platinum selling albums in New Zealand 2 and successful European album releases through the German based Sonar Kollektiv label In 2011 Black Seeds was described by Rolling Stone as The Best Reggae band in the world right now 6 Lead singer Barnaby Weir the son of veteran radio broadcaster Dick Weir is also associated with the side projects Fly My Pretties and Flash Harry 7 Former band member Bret McKenzie is also a member of international award winning comedy duo Flight of the Conchords as well as playing the role of Figwit the elf in Peter Jackson s The Lord of the Rings 8 The band released their 6th studio album Fabric in early September 2017 Their song One by One was used in AMC s Breaking Bad Season 2 Episode 4 Days Out and also appears on the series official soundtrack 9 10 Discography edit nbsp The Black Seeds at Summerjam 2013Main article The Black Seeds discography Keep On Pushing LP 2001 On the Sun 2004 Into the Dojo 2006 Solid Ground 2008 The Black Seeds Live Vol 1 2009 Specials remixes and versions off Solid Ground 2010 Dust And Dirt 2012 Fabric 2017 Love amp Fire 2022 References edit Campbell Livingston Cecelia 2013 The Black Seeds rooted in reggae Jamaica Observer 27 November 2013 Retrieved 1 December 2013 a b The Black Seeds Bio Retrieved 10 April 2012 The Black Seeds Under the Radar Retrieved 10 April 2012 Kellman Andy The Black Seeds Biography AllMusic AllMusic All Media Network LLC Retrieved 17 April 2016 The Black Seeds Loop Recordings Aot ear oa Loop Media NZ Retrieved 17 April 2016 The Black Seeds Loop Recordings Aot ear oa Loop Media NZ Retrieved 17 April 2016 Rebecca Thomson Fly My Pretties Barnaby Weir is Flying High NZ Musician Archived from the original on 17 February 2013 Retrieved 10 April 2012 THE BLACK SEEDS BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION Rock Paper Scissors Retrieved 10 April 2012 Breaking Bad Music from the Original TV Series iTunes Retrieved 10 April 2012 Maria Elena Fernandez 18 May 2010 Breaking Bad La musica on sale Tuesday on I tunes and Amazon Los Angeles Times Retrieved 10 April 2012 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Black Seeds Official website The Black Seeds Amplifier co nz Black Seeds Bio Muzic net nz Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Black Seeds amp oldid 1161116244, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
